Robert E. Dowdell CPA

Background

Mr. Robert E. Dowdell, also known as Bob, CPA serves as Services Executive Partner at Silver Oak Services Partners, LLC. Mr. Dowdell serves as a General Partner at LaQuinta Springs, LP and serves as a Managing Member at Hemet 99 LLC. Mr. Dowdell is the Founder of Career Education Corporation and was its Chief Executive Officer and President from September 25, 2006 to March 6, 2007 and its Chairman of the Board from 1994 to 2007. He also served as an Interim Chief Executive ... Officer of Career Education Corp. since October 25, 2006 until March 5, 2007, Interim President from September 2006 to March 6, 2007 and Non-Executive Chairman from December 2006 to March 2008. He served as Interim Chairman of the board at Career Education Corp. until March 20, 2008. Mr. Dowdell served as the President at National Education Centers. He has over 30 years of leadership and management experience at financial consulting and educational institutions, as well as corporate controller responsibilities at manufacturing and auditing firms. He served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Marshall & Swift / Boeckh, LLC (M&S) / Boeckh (MS/B). Mr. Dowdell served as a Corporate Controller and a Treasurer at National Education Corp., as a Corporate Controller of Chamberlain Manufacturing Corp., and has also worked at as an Audit Manager at Price Waterhouse in Chicago. Mr. Dowdell was with Marshall and Swift organization since 1989. During his tenure from 1994 to 2005, Mr. Dowdell helped transform both M&S and MS/B from paper-based publishing companies to ‘knowledge companies’ that provide a wide variety of software, data and analytical services to the property insurance, appraisal and assessment industries, and to various governmental organizations. He has been Non-Executive Chairman of Education Corp. since December 2006 and an Interim Chairman since December 2006. He serves as Chairman of Advisory Council at The Bluebook International Holding Co. He serves as a Director of Wound Care Technologies, Inc. Mr. Dowdell also serves on the Board of Directors of Bluefin LLC, VeriClaim, and Rulester LLC and serves on the Advisory Boards of the Business School of the University of Notre Dame and Risk Management Solutions. Mr. Dowdell is a Member of Strategic Advisory Board of Genstar Capital, LLC. He served as a Director of Career Education Corp. since its inception in January 1994 until May 13, 2008 and its lead director since July 2004 until September 2006. He was a former director for TravelCLICK, Inc. and 21st Services. He served as Chairman of the Board of TravelCLICK, Inc. since January 2008. He is a Certified Public Accountant. Mr. Dowdell holds a degree in Accounting and received an M.B.A. and a B.B.A. from University of Notre Dame.

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